Well-Architected Review
Structured audits across all six AWS pillars. We identify risk, score every finding, and deliver a ranked improvement roadmap — not a pile of slides.
The state of most AWS environments
- Architectures evolved faster than the documentation — nobody owns the full picture anymore
- Security findings live in three places — Security Hub, GuardDuty, and the team Slack — and don't agree
- Resilience is "we think it would survive an AZ outage" — never tested
- Cost sprawl is real — but right-sizing always loses to the next feature
- No one's looked at the environment holistically since the last big audit — and that audit was scoped narrowly
- The team has opinions about what's risky — but no shared, scored backlog to prove it
Why WAF, why now
The Well-Architected Framework is the only AWS-published methodology for reviewing an environment across all six dimensions at once. It's the same framework AWS uses internally — and the same one your enterprise customer's security team will reference in their next questionnaire.
Most teams know a WAF review exists. Few actually run one. The ones who do are the ones who stop being surprised by their own infrastructure.
A full picture, not a surface scan
- Structured review across all six WAF pillars
- Risk scoring by impact × likelihood
- Prioritized backlog of findings
- Target architecture for each high-risk area
- A review report structured to the AWS Well-Architected Framework — ready for conversations with your AWS account team
- 90-day follow-up check-in included
The Six Pillars
All six pillars are reviewed simultaneously — never in isolation. Architecture decisions in one pillar always affect the others.
From discovery to delivery in 4 weeks
Discovery & Data Collection
Architecture interviews, CloudTrail logs, cost reports, and security findings. We build a complete picture before drawing any conclusions.
Pillar Reviews
Structured review against each WAF pillar. Findings are scored on impact, urgency, and fixability — no gut feelings.
Report & Roadmap
Full written report with ranked findings, target architectures, and a practical phased roadmap. We present and walk you through it.
90-Day Follow-Up
We check in after 90 days to review progress against the roadmap and adjust priorities based on what you've learned.
What you walk away with
- A complete written report with findings ranked by impact × likelihood — not a generic best-practices document
- A target architecture per high-risk finding — drawn, not just described
- A phased remediation roadmap with effort estimates your team can defend in planning
- A review report structured to the AWS Well-Architected Framework — supporting evidence for your AWS account team conversations and security questionnaires
- A 60-minute walkthrough with your team so the findings are understood — not just delivered
- A 90-day follow-up check-in to review progress and re-rank priorities based on what you've learned
Frequently asked questions
What exactly is an AWS Well-Architected Review?
A structured audit of your AWS environment against the six pillars of the AWS Well-Architected Framework — Operational Excellence, Security, Reliability, Performance Efficiency, Cost Optimization, and Sustainability. You get scored findings and a ranked remediation roadmap, not a generic best-practices document.
How long does the review take?
Four weeks from kickoff to the report walkthrough: discovery and data collection in weeks one and two, pillar reviews in weeks two and three, and the written report with a phased roadmap in week four. A 90-day follow-up check-in is included.
What do you need from us?
Read-only access to the AWS accounts in scope, an hour or two of architecture interviews with the engineers who run the environment, and existing artifacts if you have them (diagrams, runbooks, cost reports). No agent installs, no production changes.
Is this just the AWS Well-Architected Tool checklist?
No. The Tool is a questionnaire; the review is an audit. Every finding is verified against your actual environment, scored by impact and likelihood, and paired with a target architecture — the difference between a self-assessment and an engineering deliverable.
What happens after the review?
You own the roadmap. Some clients remediate in-house, some hand us the highest-risk items as fixed-scope projects, some do both. The 90-day follow-up reviews progress and re-ranks priorities either way — there is no obligation to buy anything further.
What does it cost?
It is a fixed price, scoped in one 30-minute call based on the size of the environment and the number of workloads in scope. No hourly billing, no scope creep.
Ready to know what you're actually running?
No commitment required. We'll scope the engagement over a 30-minute call and give you a clear proposal within 48 hours.
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